How To Build a Shelter in the Forest
- May 20, 2009
- 5,909 Views
Music
The Way It Is
Voice Over Artist
Ishaq Clayton
Writer
William_Kim
If you get stuck in the woods, you’ll need to know how to protect yourself from the elements.
You Will Need
- Ingenuity
- Forest debris, like branches, leaves, pine needles, and logs
Step 1: Find a depressing in the earth
Look for a depression in the earth—a ditch, a gulley, or just a shallow place.
Step 2: Cover the depression
Cover the depression with branches and logs, then climb beneath them to keep the wind off you.
Keep your shelter as compact as possible; a large area will zap your body heat.
Step 3: Make a lean-to
No depression? Use fallen deadwood and branches to construct a lean-to or shack with an inclined roof, supported on one side by trees. Your objective is to create an area that’s out of the wind.
Since most weather systems travel west to east, making the opening to your shelter face east will help protect you from rain, wind, and snow. Also, your temporary home will be warmed by the sun first thing in the morning.
Step 4: Look for a fallen tree
If you can’t find enough debris to build a structure, look for a fallen tree. If there’s one around, line it with branches and tuck yourself underneath it.
Don’t sleep directly on the ground. Create a buffer from the cold by laying down branches, boughs, bark — whatever you can find.
Step 5: Build a leaf hut
Build a leaf hut (also known as a “debris” hut). Simply make a huge pile of whatever you can find — leaves, bark, branches, pine needles — and then crawl into it.
The human body can survive long periods without food more readily than it can survive long stretches without shelter.
Something wrong? Report this How-To
Video is in Surviving Skills (32 videos)
How To Tell Directions Without a Compass
- 26,622 views
- Seaworthy
How To Make Emergency Snowshoes
- 6,591 views
- Seaworthy
Comments (4)
Good but the music is louder than the voice over.
over 2 years ago by simplyintricate
Gorgeous!
over 2 years ago by HeatherM
Very nicely done, love it.
over 2 years ago by MKF
This video is really grt!! See a wide collection of videos in www.uploaded.tv
over 2 years ago by Ravi_Ranjan
Sign in or create an account to post a comment. Or, sign in using your Facebook to comment
and share your activity with your friends